Winker-brace fastener.



No. 732,617. PATENTED'JUNE 30, 1903.

E. CARROLL.

WINKER BRAGE PASTENER.

APPLIOATIQN FILED DEO. 30, 1901. N0 MODEL.

@Hart/ways UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

EDWARD CARROLL, OF CLAY, MISSOURI.

WIN KER-BRAC FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 732,617, dated June 3C, 1903.

Application filed December 30, 1901. Serial No. 87,782. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clay, in the county of Adair and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Winker- Brace Fastener, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to winkerbrace fasteners. y

The object of the invention is to provide a separable connection for the Winker and winker-brace strap which may be readily disconnected,',but is securely held together under ordinary circumstances.

It is a well-known fact that a horse when tied is apt to become impatient and will rub his head against anything within his reach, and the prominence of the winker-blind and its connection makes it especially liable to such violence, and the breaking of the iiystrap or winker-brace is the consequence. This invention is designed to obviate this difiiculty by providing a separable connection between the fiy-strap and the blind, so that when the animal rubs his head the connection will separate instead of breaking, as is the case in the ordinary bridle.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a bridle, showing this improved device applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the inside of a winker, showing a portion broken out and the two members of this device connected therewith, the outer member being shown in section and connected to a iiy-strap. Fig. 3 represents detail views of the two members detached from the bridle and from each other. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section of a winker-brac having this device applied.

The same'reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

In the drawings a bridle-blind 10 is shown provided with a plug 20, preferably made of throughout its length with an exterior flange 3l, provided with longitudinally-alined perforations, as 32, for stitching or otherwise attaching it to the ily-strap.

The device is shown at the left of Fig. l detached ready for connecting the fly-strap to the blind. As shown at the right of said figo ure, the thimbleSO is shown iitted down over the plug and the iiy-strap attached to the blind. The frictional contact of the two members is sufficient to hold them tightly together unless jerked or pulled off, and to connect them it is simply necessary to push thethimble 30 down over the plug 20. f

This attachment is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and may be applied to any bridle already in use by any one having a suitable needle and thread.

I claim as my invention- A winker-brace fastener comprising a tubular member having a longitudinal exterior flange provided with perforations therein, and a socket member adapted to it in said tubular member and provided with perforations at its lower end.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as.A my own I have hereto affixed my signature in. 8o the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD CARROLL.

Witnesses:

J. G. .IANEs, v U. S. CARNER. 

